Mr. Steve Banks joined the ADPC team in 2003 and has provided ADPC with a wide range of experience in training and evaluation programs for disaster management, emergency operations and crisis and consequence management. Mr. Banks has worked both as a trainer and adviser to national government disaster managers throughout the Pacific region and has provided technical advice and assistance to Pacific region governments during times of disaster. He has been instrumental in the establishment of Emergency Operations Centers in a number of Pacific Island Countries including Fiji, Papua New Guinea and the Kingdom of Tonga. Mr. Banks has developed applicable training and evaluation programs for Emergency Operations Centers for those countries. In particular, Mr. Banks possesses broad experience across emergency service and military organizations. He has a total of 30 years experience as a communications and operations officer of the Australian Defense Force (Army) and has been involved in numerous Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief operations in the Asia/Pacific region including Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and East Timor. He has commanded Australian Defense units both in Australia and overseas. Mr. Banks has worked with a wide range of government and NGOs that include; AusAID, UNOCHA, USAID, OFDA and IFRC  

FALAK NAWAZ
Training Manager

Falak joined strategic Disaster Risk Management team (SDRM), ADPC as a Training Coordinator since 1st November 2004. Prior to joining ADPC, he was engaged as a Lecturer/Research Associate in National Centre of Excellence in Geology, University of Peshawar, Pakistan. He has master degree in Geography (Peshawar, Pakistan) and professional master degree in Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation with specialization in natural hazard studies (ITC, The Netherlands). Besides, he got a variety of training and attended conferences/seminars related to disaster planning and management inside and outside Pakistan. He has written research papers by focusing his research on flood and landslide hazard management.

MU MU KYI(Heythee)
Training Coordinator

Heythee joined ADPC in May 2004 as training coordinator of the Strategic Disaster Risk Management Team (SDRM). Prior to joining ADPC, she worked as an outreach assistant at BBC World Service Trust in Chiang Mai, and as a project coordinator at the Capacity Building Initiative Project in Myanmar. She also has working experiences not only in the NGO sector but also other private and public sectors in the fields of administration and management. She holds a MBA from the Institute of Economics, Myanmar and a MBA in International Business from the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. She received a certificate of Asia Pacific Leadership Program (APLP) from the East-West Center, Hawaii in January 2005.

Ling Ling has a range of responsibilities to manage and develop China programs and projects. She is responsible for developing future co-operation programs in North - East Asian countries. Furthermore, she is responsible for coordination of relevant affairs of China and North - East Asia within ADPC.

Prior to joining ADPC, Ling Ling worked in the government sector in China. She holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in International Business from the Asian Institute of Technology.

Benjaporn joined ADPC in February 1994 as a Training Course Secretary. Presently, she provides administrative and coordination support to the Training and Education unit. She holds an Intensive Secretarial Certificate from the St. Teresa International School of Business Management in Bangkok, Thailand.